Dennysville, Maine Sawmill Records

Collection

Identifier: SpC MS 0274-sc

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Three ledgers containing the records of a sawmill in Dennysville, Maine, during the middle of the 19th century. Two of the ledgers are organized by log brands and cover the years 1835 to 1878. The third ledger seems to record the receipt of logs from a log drive. Included are records of who sawed and hauled the logs, by whom they were surveyed and rafted, by whom shipped, destination, and purchaser. Names mentioned frequently are John Kilby, Theosophilus Kilby, Benjamin Foster, John Mayhew, and Thomas Eastman. One of the ledgers also contains a register of attendees at Silver Teas held from 1938 to 1941 in the John Kilby House in Dennysville which may have been managed by Keith Kilby.

Dates

Creation: 1835-1941
Creation: Majority of material found within ( 1835-1878)

Access Restrictions

No restrictions on access.

Use Restrictions

Information on literary rights available in the repository.

Historical Note

The sawmill may have been owned by the Dennysville Tide Mill Company, a corporation which included Ebenezer C. Wilder, Daniel Kilby, William Kilby, Jr., John Kilby, Bela R. Reynolds, William Mayhew, Jr., and Ebenezer C. Wilder, Jr., with their associates and successors. This mill may have been erected in 1832 on Wilson's Stream in Dennysville, Maine.

Biographical Note

John Kilby, son of William and Mary Wilder Kilby, was born in 1793. He was engaged in the lumber business and owned a great deal of timberland in Dennysville and surrounding towns.

Biographical Note

Keith Kilby, son of Irving H. and Florence Kilby, was born around 1907 and died Oct. 23, 1969. He was a resident of Dennysville, Maine, and in the 1930 U.S. census his occupation was listed as laborer doing road work.